The effect of neuromuscular exercise on pain, physical function and dynamic knee loading in people with knee osteoarthritis.

The University of Melbourne, Department of Physiotherapy0 sites100 target enrollmentAugust 12, 2010

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

August 12, 2010

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

The University of Melbourne, Department of Physiotherapy

•A cohort of 100 men and women aged over 50 years with painful medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) will be recruited from the community, via notices in local and major newspapers, University of Melbourne Staff News, community club (such as RSL and bowls clubs) newsletters and posters which will be placed in medical, radiology or physiotherapy waiting rooms and advertisements placed in Facebook on the internet. Interested volunteers will telephone study personnel in order to establish initial eligibility for the project. Eligibility will subsequently be confirmed by radiographic and clinical examination. People with medial tibiofemoral joint OA (fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria (Altman et al., 1986; Kellgren et al., 1963\), a knee alignment of at least 181 degrees varus for women and 183 degrees varus for men and reporting average knee pain \>39mm on an 100mm scale will be included.

•Exclusion criteria will include: a history of a lower limb joint replacement, high tibial osteotomy, spinal or hip surgery, any physiotherapy, lower limb exercises (including strengthening, pilates, yoga or balance components) or knee surgery or knee injections in the past 6 months, any condition that may affect walking, any systemic arthritic condition, any major medical conditions, such as cancer or major heart trouble, inability to walk unassisted and the inability to understand written or spoken English.